Elevating-truck.



J. L. SELLERS. ELEVATING TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1910.

Patented Feb. 28,191].

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J. L. SELLERS. ELEVATING TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED JAN.18, 1910.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB L. SELLERS, CHICOTA, TEXAS.

ELEVATING-TRUCK.

Zbidllfiijhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB L. SELLERs,' a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, rcsiding-at Ghicota, in the county of Lamar and State-of Texas,have invented new and useful Improyements ;in Elevating-Trucks, of whichthe following is a specification. This invention relates to elevatingtrucks and has foran object to provide a movable platform which iscontrolled by movements I of the truckso that the article handled by thetruck can be elevated for the purpose of accurately and convenientlyplacing it on a wagon' Another object of the invention resides in thepeculiar construction'of the platform which, during the transportationof the article handled will assume a plane approxifmately the same asthe handles, means being employed for holding the platform inthisposition during the transportation of the ar- In the drawingsforming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals ofreference indicate slmilarpartsin the several views, Figure 1 is aperspective view of v 'my'impr'oved truck. Fig. 2 is a detail lonof thepintles 2 at the ends of the axle '2.

gitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is an end'v'iew of the truck.4 isa deta-il perspective' View showing the platformof the truck in itselevatedposition.

Fig. 5- is adctail vertical section there-,

through. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the shoe. Fig. 7 is adetail section through one of the pivots which connects the platformwith the handles.

My improved truck consists of identically formed spaced handled members1 whose forward ends are perforated for the reception The aX'le issecured to the shoe 4. This shoe isprovided with anangularly disposedhead portion-5 which is adapted to be inserted beneath the articleduring the operation of placing the same on the truck andto'faciliunderstood. v i

The handle members are provided with opposingpassages 6 which receivethe pintles 7 upon the side bars 8 of an elevating platform 9. The outerextremities f the pintles 7 are provided with stop pins 10 and confinedbetween said pins and the outer tate the handling of. the article aswill be surfaces ofthe handle members 1 are springs 11. Thisconstructlon serves to provide for;

Specification of Letters Patent.

sustain the Patented Feb. 23, 1911.

Application filed January 18, 1910. Serial No. 538,711.

"limited lateral movements of the handle -membe,rs toward or-awayfromeach other.

tohold the latchesnorlnally engaged with the said members as is obvious.

It will of course be understood thatplatform maybe of any suitable wellknown construction, but as shown I- preferably form it of an open-workstructure. the said structure being formed by connecting the sidemembers 8 by spacedslats or bars 1'3. The side membeiisj of the platformare connected with the members 3 of the shoe by me'ansof pivoted links14. The pivot pins .15 which connect the links 14 with the side membersof=the truck are provided with combined stops and supporting legs 16which. as shown in Fig.2 of thedrawings. ,are adapted to engage thefloor or surface of the ground to hold the handle members operator toconveniently grasp them. i

adapted to beengaged with the surface of the ground to limit the pivotalmovement of the handle members forwardly past a predetermined point. v

In operation of the herein "described truck, the article to betransported is'first placed on the platform as shown in dotted lines inFig. 2 of the drawing. After the .the platform the truck may be moved tothe wagon shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings or to any other point wherethe article on the truck is to be deposited-and by exerting an form willbe released and by moving the form will be elevated and moved to assumeof the ground. In this position of-the platform the article which isbeing handled may be conveniently moved from the platform Land onto thebed of the wagon. The pins tles 2 of the shoe are provided with support-..ing wheels 18 ofany suitable well known construction.

The construction ofthe truck herein dis- "closed is extremely simple andin practice will facilitate handling heavy articles such the Y Theforward ends of the handle members. are provided with supports 17 whichare a article has been operatively positioned onhandles forwardly andupwardly the plat-- a position in spaced'relation to the siirface Thehandle members are provided with v The springs 11 previously referred toserve si'lfliciently spaced therefrom to enable the outward pressure oneach handle the platas stoves, dry goods boxes, barrels or the like, andits use will obviate having to lift the articles onto the wagon to beloaded. -I claim;-

1. An elevating truckcomprising a pair of relatively movable handles, amovable platform .operatively connected with the handles, an axle, ashoe fixed to the axle, connect-ions between the said shoe and theplatform, retaining means carried by the handles and operable to engagethe platform to hold the same rigid between the handles andapproximatelyin a plane therewith, and means engaging the handlesto-hold the retaining means thereof operatively associated with theplatform.'

2. An elevating truck comprising a platform, a shoe, relatively movablehandles at the sides of the platform, the said handles being formed toprovide bearings for pivotally supporting the said shoe, connectionsbetween the shoe and the said platform, and means operable to hold theplatform against movement and positioned immediately between the saidhandles.

3. An elevating truck comprising rela-- tively movable handles, apivoted platform carried by the handles, a pivoted shoe having portionsmounted in the handles, spaced side members carried by the shoe, pivotedlinks operatively connecting the said side members of the shoe with theplatform, retaining means supported by the handles and operable toengage the platform to support the same in a plane w1th the handles, andspring means bearing against the hanpivotal movement.

4:. An elevating truck. compr1sin mow mounted platform located betweenand supported by the handles, retaining means car- .ried by the handles,spring, means exerting its tension against the handles to hold theretaining means engaged with the platform, a pivoted shoe connected with'the handles, and supporting means connecting the shoe theplatform-engaging means of the handles are released from the platform.

5. An elevating truck comprising rela- -tively movable handles, aplatform pivotally connected with the handles, retaining means on thehandles for engaging the platform to hold the same against movement,means engaging the handles to normally JACOB L. SELLERS.

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"dles to hold the retaining means engaged. withv the platform to holdthe latter againstably connected spaced handles, a pivotally with theplatform and operable to hold the platform at right angles to thehandleswhen hold the retaining means thereon engaged

